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  • “Yak, do, say, char, pinge…” The numbers rolled easily from her tongue and once Raziq was confident that she knew them well, he translated them to English.

    Lipstick in Afghanistan Roberta Gately 2010

  • Film jättis kummalise mulje: otsekui tavaline noortekas, aga kogu aeg on miski pinge õhus ja aeg-ajalt keegi sureb ning pidevalt räägitakse miskist seltskonnast ja seltskonda vastuvõtmisest.

    Society (1989) Ulmeguru 2008

  • Esimesel vaatamisel tundus algus justkui jama olevat, aga see pinge ei lubanud ka vaatamist pooleli jätta... kuniks tuli filmi finaal...

    Society (1989) Ulmeguru 2008

  • Of the two films, both of which pinge dramatically on Capote's homosexuality, this one feels the more authentically gay to me, yet -- offensively -- it also seems the more shallow and untrustworthy.

    Archive 2007-02-25 2007

  • Of the two films, both of which pinge dramatically on Capote's homosexuality, this one feels the more authentically gay to me, yet -- offensively -- it also seems the more shallow and untrustworthy.

    The I's Have It: IDIOCRACY and INFAMOUS 2007

  • It were too exceeding really if one woulds to offer at sulk an oldivirdual a pinge of hinge hit.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • The pinge cock likewise serves for drawing off the air or steam contained in the apparatus.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various

  • The box is provided with a safety and pressure gauge and a small pinge cock.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various

  • Et, si vis similem pingere, pinge sonum, 104.1 is enjoyning an impossibility.

    An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

  • Had the warrior been less hurried, it is probable he would have struck the astonished youth, who plainly heard the _pinge_ of the bullet as it almost touched his ear.

    The Hunters of the Ozark Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

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